Bruno Haible wrote, on 12 May 2022: > > https://posix.rhansen.org/p/gettext_draft > Line 65 > "The locale names in LANGUAGE shall take precedence over <...>" > > Issue: If this is true in all cases, then > > 1) programs such as 'diff' > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/diff.html > - which are forced to produce a specific output in the POSIX locale - > will have to explicitly test for the POSIX locale, for example by > doing > const char *fmt = > (in_posix_locale () ? "Only in %s: %s\n" : gettext ("Only in %s: %s\n")); > > 2) for many languages, which use non-ASCII characters, the output > will contain many question marks, due to transliteration, because the > POSIX locale, on many systems, comes with the ASCII encoding. > > Suggestion: Change > "over <...>" > to > "over <...>, if the latter is not the POSIX locale"
In today's call we made changes along the lines you suggest. Please check the updated etherpad to see if they achieve what you wanted. -- Geoff Clare <g.cl...@opengroup.org> The Open Group, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX, England
